David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.

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Tonight is the long-anticipated appearance of Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project at the Majestic Theatre. Friday and Saturday brings violinist Robert McDuffie playing Philip Glass’s new “American Four Seasons” to the Symphony. And Sunday, at 3:15 p.m., is the last concert of the season for the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The Sunday […]
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The San Antonio Symphony’s 2010-2011 season is one with many highlights — the sold-out debut of our new Music Director in October, Lang Lang & Lang Lessing in January, the Tchaikovsky Festival coming up in late April and early May…but for new music fans this weekend’s performance of The American Four Seasons may be the […]
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The arts community in San Antonio woke up yesterday to the shocking and tragic news that Rodney Smith had died. Rodney was the Managing Director of the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation–the group charged with remaking the Municipal Auditorium into the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. San Antonio was incredibly lucky to […]
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Our schools are in the middle of their UIL contests this time of year. The UIL web site states: The University Interscholastic League exists to provide educational extracurricular academic, athletic, and music contests. The UIL was created by The University of Texas at Austin in 1909 and has grown into the largest inter-school organization of […]
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On this date (March 26) in 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna at the age of 56. The cause of death is in dispute. Some theorize cirrhosis, syphilis or hepatitis. The most recent theory is lead poisoning caused by an overdose of a lead-based medicine given by his doctor to reduce fluid in his […]
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This is going to be another one of those weeks where my wife gets mad at me because I’m never home. Just look at the jam packed schedule below of Classical music events coming up in the next few days! Only one question remains…what am I going to do with myself on Wednesday night?!? Maybe […]
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Musical Offerings presents Music on the Move: Contemporary at the San Antonio Museum of Art on Monday, March 28 at 6 and 8 p.m. These concerts put the audience and musicians in the galleries of SAMA. Here is what their web site had to say about the two performances: Musical Offerings and the San Antonio […]
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We are just one week away (Thursday, March 31) from cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project’s concert at the Majestic Theatre. I just checked Arts San Antonio’s web site link to Ticketmaster and there are VERY few seats left. Arts San Antonio’s web site describes the concert: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo […]
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This Friday and Saturday (March 25 & 26) at Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium, Don Braswell sings with the San Antonio Symphony POPS. Braswell is well known in San Antonio, but here are more details of his extraordinary biography for those who don’t know him. Mr. Braswell has had an astounding career in the performing arts. […]
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